Mules
By Winsome Pinnock
Year staged: 1996
Opening night: 30/04/1996
Theatre Company: Clean Break Theatre Company; 1979
Staged in: Royal Court Theatre
Cast Size: 3
Synopsis
In a luxury hotel room, three sleek young black women are panicking. They are high-class “mules” (or drugs couriers) and one of their colleagues has absconded with the dope. If they don’t effect a delivery in Amsterdam that day then they’re done for. “I can’t lose this job. I can’t do anything else. Can you see me working in Woolworths?” asks the terrified Sammie, who has risen above her humble origins by carrying drugs for a living, and now spends her earnings on works of art.
Original Cast
Abi Eniola
Lou / Sammie / Pepper / Olu / Bad Girl 1
Clare Perkins
Bridie / Piglet / Rose / Bad girl 2
Sheila Whitfield
Lyla / Rog / Allie
Abi Eniola
Lou / Sammie / Pepper / Olu / Bad Girl 1
Clare Perkins
Bridie / Piglet / Rose / Bad girl 2
Sheila Whitfield
Lyla / Rog / Allie
Production Team
Terry King
Fights
Roxana Silbert
Director
Naomi Wilkinson
Designer
Noelle Morris
Assistant Director
Fergus O'Hare
Sound
Tanya Burns
Lighting
Terry King
Fights
Roxana Silbert
Director
Naomi Wilkinson
Designer
Noelle Morris
Assistant Director
Fergus O'Hare
Sound
Tanya Burns
Lighting